Improvement in bosom-boards



W. W. NIXON. Bosom-Board.

Patented July 23, I878.

UNITED STATES WALLACE W. NIXON, OF PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA.

EMPROVEMENT lN BOSOM-BOARDS.

Specification forlning part of Letters Patent No. 2406,3590, dated July 23, 1878 application filed May 23, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALLAcE W. NIXON, of Parkersburg, in the county of Wood and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bosom-Polishing Boards; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others My invention relates to a bosom-board hav- I ing a hinged clamping-piece for firmly holding in place,forironing and polishing, shirt-fronts; and the invention consists of such a board pro vided with a convex neck-piece for setting the shirt-band at an angle to theface of the bosom, to give a better set to the shirt and the collar around the neck, as hereinafterdescribed, and

as shown in the drawings.

A represents the bosonrboard, the edges a a of which are rounded, to avoid unnecessary strain or wear 011 the cloth. B represents a convex neclepiece, formed on or attached to the upper part shirt-band at an angle to the face of the bosom to give a better fit and set to the shirtand collar around the neck of the wearer. It is evident that the neck-piece maybe made with a greater or less angle, as may be required.

0 represents the hinged clamp, provided with a groove, 1), to receive the tongue con the lower end of the board. The groove is made wide enough to allow the cloth, without injury to it, to be pressed by the tongue into the groove in clamping the bosom in position for ironing and polishing.

of the board for raising the I The hinged piece is rounded from the hinged edge d to the lower and under edge, (1, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, for throwing the pressure of the cloth below the pivotal center of the clamp, when it is folded down, for clanming the bosom firmly; and the ends of the clamp and the lower end of the board are rounded, forming the recesses ff, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4 of the drawings, to receive the cloth of the lower part of the shirt-front, for clamping the bosom in position for ironing and polishing.

In adj usting the shirt on the boar-d the clamp is turned up, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawin gs, and the shirt is placed over the board, so that the band will be on the convex neck-piece, and the shirt-front is straightened over the turnedup clamp, and the portions of the shirt extending laterally beyond the ends of the clamp are adjusted in the recessesfj", and the clamp is then turneddown, the tongue press ing into the groove the portions of the shirtin the recesses, and the edge (1 bearing against the shirt-trout extending over the clamp, thus thoroughly stretching and clamping on the board the shirt-front in position for ironing and polishing.

What I claim as new, and by Letters Patent, is-

A bosonrboard having at its front end a neck-piece, B, rising gradually on the face of the board, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own invention I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

desire to secure IVALLAGE IV. NIXON.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL T. S'rAPLn'roN, 1-3. F. SrrnuoNs. 

